getting answers today. we'll be here every weekday at 3:00, answering questions with experts from around the bay area. world news tonight with david muir is next. have a great day tonight, we have breaking news coming in right now. the police ambush, three officers shot. the white supremacist on the run. the accomplice who fired at the officers. where they have now been caught tonight. and authorities just moments ago revealing they now want to know, did they kill while on the run? just a short time ago, news of this capture. the prisoner and the alleged accomplice who fired at those officers, surrounded and arrested. just in tonight, authorities say they are looking at proseparate homicides in the last 36 hours that could be linked to this escape. as tonight, the harrowing scene on the streets of los angeles. a city bus driver carjacked at

gunpoint. the bus speeding through intersections, vehicles crashing into the side of the bus. then the pus slamming into the ritz carlton at high speed. the major new storm on the move tonight. heavy snow and rain from minnesota, all the way to the northeast. new flood watches now up at this hour from washington, d.c. to philadelphia to new york city. rob marciano timing this out. tonight, donald trump facing this deadline now approaching to secure that $464 million bond in the civil fraud judgment against him. and the first steps already taken tonight by authorities. what the attorney general tonight says she is ready to do. aaron katersky reporting. the department of justice filing a landmark lawsuit tonight against apple. the doj and 16 states accusing the company of monopolizing the smartphone market. how apple is now responding. tonight, major league baseball's highest paid star, and the gambling scandal.

did he know about his interpreters gambling debts or not? what our partners at espn are reporting tonight. the major medical breakthrough in boston. surgeons transplanting a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into a 62-year-old patient. the doctor today breaking down in tears on this breakthrough, and what this could mean for so many. tonight, another record day on wall street. the stock market hitting a new high, as it nears a major milestone. and the very good news for 401(k)s. and america strong tonight, honoring our heroes. the ghost army of world war ii. you'll see the images, how they pulled this off. good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. we do begin with the breaking news, the capture, after a 36-hour manhunt for ans kated prisoner, a white supremacist and his alleged accomplice in

boise, idaho. late today, police revealing both men have been captured. police say inmate skylar meade is a white supremacist gang member, alleged gunman nicholas umphenour. authorities revealing a short time ago, they are now looking into two new homicides in the last 36 hours potentially linked to those men. authorities say the escape was planned, that the inmate deliberately injured himself so he would be taken to that hospital where the accomplice with the gun was waiting, firing at officers in the ambulance bay. the pair captured more than 100 miles away from the scene, and now, those two new homicides under investigation tonight. abc's victor oquendo in idaho leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, more than 36 hours after maximum security inmate skylar meade was busted out of a boise hospital by armed accomplice nicholas umphenour, authorities say both men are in custody. >> there was a short vehicle pursuit, and both suspects were taken into custody separately.

>> reporter: they were found in twin falls, about 130 miles southeast of boise. >> there were no shots fired or extensive use of force in this operation, for which we are thankful. >> reporter: authorities finding that gray honda used in the escape, abandoned. and they are now investigating two homicides in separate locations that they believe are linked to the escape. >> they found the shackles at the scene of one of the homicides, that's how they connected them. >> reporter: police say meade, who is a documented member of the white supremacist aryan knights prison gang, deliberately injured himself badly enough to have to go to the hospital, and when he was about to be transported back to prison, accomplice nicholas umphenour opened fire. there's the ambulance bay where police say umphenoru ambushed those officers at about 2:15 a.m., firing multiple shots just feet away from the emergency roll entrance. two officers were shot by the suspect and remain in the hospital. a third, shot accidentally by a

responding boise police officer, was released. >> i think with today's news, their spirits are lifted. >> reporter: tonight, both men will face a series of new charges, as authorities investigate how they were able to coordinate this escape, which has since turned deadly. david? >> david: victor, thank you. we turn now to the hoarrowig scene on the streets of los angeles. a bus driver carjacked at gunpoint. that bus slamming into the ritz carlton at a very high speed. abc's zohreen shah in los angeles. >> reporter: tonight, this hijacked, out of control los angeles city bus caught on camera speeding through a busy intersection, cars slamming into its side. just after 11:00 p.m., a man ve verbally threatening the bus driver before reaching into his waistband for a gun, and ordering, "just drive." the bus careening through traffic, the hijacker grabbing the wheel, colliding with this

occupied vehicle, before plowing into the ritz-carlton at high speed. the suspect, fleeing on foot, taken into custody, now being held on kidnapping charges. in front of the crashed bus, police discovering what appeared to be a handgun that turned out to be a bb gun. the bus driver, the only other person onboard at the time, and a passenger from one of the other vehicles, taken to the hospital. and david, you can see the damage here at the ritz right behind me. that bus driver was released from the hospital. the passenger listed in stable condition. david? >> david: a frightening scene there in l.a. today. zohreen, thank you. we turn now to the major new storm on the way tonight. heavy snow and rain from minnesota all the way to the northeast. two systems will come together with this, one from the west, the other from the south. new flood watches are up from washington, d.c. to philadelphia, right up to new york city and into new england. let's get right to rob marciano, timing it all out for us. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. the phases of the two systems is what's going to make a mess here on saturday. we've got winter storm watches

and flood watches already posted and winter weather alerts go all the way back to the midwest, where the flakes are flying there. 3 to 6 inches of snow, minneapolis to milwaukee. look at that low in the south. heavy rain coming and storms coming into the southeast, south carolina, and then those two storms squeeze together during the day on saturday, and that's where all that heavy rain, d.c., up i-95, that's where the flash flooding is likely to occur. it does clear out quickly on sunday, but not before a foot of snow across northern new york and new england. david? >> david: rob marciano with us again tonight. rob, thank you. tonight, donald trump facing this deadline now approaching to secure that $464 million bond in the civil fraud judgment against him. tonight, authorities are now taken their first steps, and what the state attorney general in new york says she is ready to do. here's aaron katersky. >> reporter: tonight, the pressure growing on donald trump as new york's attorney general, letitia james takes the first

step toward seizing some of his assets if he can't meet monday's deadline to post his $464 million bond. james timing documents to lay the groundwork to take over his golf course and a large estate in westchester county. trump's lawyers say he faces "insurmountable difficulties" in obtaining a bond. 30 insurance companies have turned him down because he doesn't have enough cash, and they won't accept his properties as collateral. trump says the attorney general is trying to force him to sell his real estate "at fire sale prices, and if and when i win the appeal, they would be gone." >> we have a lot of cash and we have a great company, but they want to take it away. >> reporter: but trump's lawyers tell the court trump doesn't have enough cash to secure the bond, calling it a practical impossibility. when i spoke to james just after the trial, she told me bottom line, trump's got to pay. does he have the money to pay this? >> that's really not my business. if he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek, you know, judgment enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will ask the judge to seize his assets. >> reporter: we were sitting right across the street from one

of those assets, trump's 40 wall street. there's a building just out the window. >> yes, i look at 40 wall street each and every day. >> reporter: so, 40 wall street, the apartment here at trump tower, all potential targets. if trump cannot post a bond by the deadline of monday, it's not like state officials are going to close down these buildings, but david, they could move to file liens to start to claim ownership, and that might give us a window into what some of trump's assets are actually worth. david? >> david: aaron katersky, thank you. we turn next tonight to the department of justice filing a landmark lawsuit today against apple. the doj and 16 states accusing apple of monopolizing the smartphone market, citing a list of examples, including that grainy video iphone users get sometimes from friends and families who don't have iphones themselves. tonight, how apple is now responding to all of this, and here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: tonight, the justice department taking on one of the most powerful companies on the planet, accusing apple of being a monopoly, crushing its competition while making iphones

even more expensive. >> consumers should not have to pay higher prices because companies break the law. >> reporter: attorney general merrick garland claiming that apple's 70% domination over the u.s. smartphone market is a result of illegal behavior. for example, doj says apple deliberately makes messaging between iphone users and those using competing devices more difficult. >> for example, if an iphone user messages a non-iphone user in apple messages, the text appears not only as a green bubble, but incorporates limited functionality, the conversation is not encrypted, videos are pixelated and grainy, and users cannot edit messages or see typing indicators. >> reporter: doj alleges the tech giant blocks third party apps and other services from competing with apple products. like denying iphone users access to any other digital wallet tap to pay service other than apple pay.

tonight, apple pushing back, saying in part "this lawsuit threatens who we are and the principles that set apple products apart. if successful, it would hinder our ability to create the kind of technology people expect from apple." tonight, apple basically telling doj, see you in court. the company is expected to file a legal response soon. apple officials said in their statement tonight, doj's lawsuit is wrong on the facts and the law. david? >> david: more to come on this. pierre thomas tonight. pie pierre, thank you. the u.s. tonight calling for an immediate cease-fire in gaza, and demanding hamas are lease all hostages. secretary of state antony blinken in cairo, saying the u.s. is trying to pressure both sides to agree to a truce. it comes after president biden warned prime minister benjamin netanyahu against an offensive in the southern gaza city of rafah. house speaker mike johnson has invited netanyahu to address the u.s. congress. tonight, major league baseball's highest paid star, and new questions involving a

gambling scandal. the l.a. dodgers shohei ohtani. did he know about his interp interpreter's gambling debts? what our partners at espn have now reporting tonight, here's whit johnson. >> reporter: tonight, the highest paid athlete in american sports, shohei ohtani, now saying he's been the victim of a massive theft. >> rips one, and he gets on top of it. and shohei ohtani's first hit of 2024. >> reporter: ohtani's longtime friend and interpreter, ippei mizuhara, fired by the los angeles dodgers after allegedly stealing $4.5 million from the baseball phenom to pay off gambling debts. the problem is, that story has changed. at one point, the interpreter saying the baseball star ohtani knew about his gambling debts and was helping him pay them. >> what's really important here is that the story changed. >> reporter: the baseball star's interpreter, mizuhara, allegedly placing wagers with an illegal sportsbook under investigation by federal authorities, paying

back losses with money from ohtani's bank account. espn reviewing bank documents reportedly showing ohtani's name on two $500,000 payments made last year. before the dodgers' first game wednesday, the interpreter initially saying ohtani was aware of the payments but later telling espn he lied and that he is solely responsible. >> he said that ohtani had no knowledge of his gaming debts and had not paid the money through the wire transfers. >> reporter: a spokesperson for ohtani now saying they are "turning the matter over to the authorities." and david, the interpreter claims he didn't know the bets he made were illegal, and that he never bet on baseball, but tonight, what remains unclear is exactly how those massive bank transfers were made under ohtani's name. david? >> david: a lot of unanswered questions. whit johnson, thank you, and to espn. we turn tonight to news of a major medical breakthrough in boston. the surgeons transplanting a kidney from a genetically

engineered pig into a 62-year-old patient. the doctor today breaking down as he talked about this new breakthrough, and what this could mean for so many. here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, a groundbreaking milestone bringing hope to hundreds of thousands of americans with kidney failure. >> it was truly the most beautiful kidney i have ever seen. >> reporter: surgeons at massachusetts general hospital say they transplanted a pig's kidney into a living human for the first time. doctors say the patient, rick slayman, a 62-year-old black man, had been desperately sick on dialysis. >> he literally said, "i just can't go on like this. i don't want to go on like this." >> reporter: black americans are nearly four times more likely than white people to suffer end stage kidney disease. since the transplant five days ago, slayman is recovering well, and could soon go home. of the nearly 89,000 people waiting for a kidney, about 16,000 a year will get one. if this transplant is successful, and future research

shows it's safe, doctors hope it could pave the way for an endless supply of pig kidneys, and make the need for long-term dialysis obsolete. but that could take years. the leader of the transplant team today overwhelmed with emotion. >> i cannot think of a more dedicated team in the world, and i'm honored to be part of it. >> reporter: so far, doctors say the patient's new kid sney seem to be functional. doctors will continue to monitor him for any signs of rejection, but doctors say he is improving every day. david? >> david: everyone pulling for that patient. stephanie, thank you. we turn now to the economy tonight, and another record day for the stock market, in fact, the dow tonight nearing a remarkable new milestone. the dow gaining 269 points today, finishing the day at 39,781, closing in on that 40,000 milestone. the dow more than doubling its value in the last four years, bringing some good news tonight for 401(k)s after covid and the economic strain that came with it. let's get right to abc's erielle

reshef, live on wall street tonight, as the dow nears 40,000. erielle? >> reporter: hey, david. for the second day in a row, the market surging into record territory. the fed just yesterday holding interest rates steady and signaling that three cuts could be coming by the end of the year. some analysts predicting the first cut could come as early as june. and, of course, that could help offset the cost of credit card debt, as well as car loans, but americans are already feeling the stock market surge in their retirement accounts, with 401(k)s averaging up about $12,000. wait to show you just how far we've come since the stock market crashed at the top of the pandemic. the dow nearly doubling over the course of the past four years, of course, reason to hope, and positive signs of encouragement for so many americans feeling the pin of, david. >> david: erielle reshef, thank you. tonight, president biden forgiving another $5.8 billion in student loans. the president providing student loan relieve for 78,000 public

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>> david: we absolute them, too. i'll see you right back here tomorrow. good night. that superiority, because of its unlawful exclusionary behavior. >> bay area tech giant apple is now facing a sweeping lawsuit from the us department of justice. the silicon valley leader accused of hurting consumers as well as other companies. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry biel and i'm ama daetz. >> the suit claims apple has created a monopoly in the smartphone market with its iphone. >> and it's not just the department of justice. california's attorney general is also involved. abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes with a closer look at the lawsuit and why california decided to join in. >> our job is to make sure that the market is free, that the rules are followed, the laws are

followed. >> california is suing apple. it's one of 16 states to team up with the feds in a sweeping lawsuit accusing the cupertino based tech giant of building an illegal smartphone monopoly that stifles competition. in the press conference announcing the suit thursday morning, u.s. attorney general merrick garland described some ways. he said apple is breaking antitrust laws. >> for example, if an iphone user messages a non-iphone user in apple messages, the text appears not only as a green bubble but incorporates limited functionality. the conversation is not encrypted. videos are pixelated and grainy, and users cannot edit messages or see typing indicators as a result, iphone users perceive rival smartphones as being lower quality because the experience of messaging friends and family who do not own iphones is worse. >> in a statement, apple pushed back against the lawsuit, saying in part it would also set a dangerous precedent empowering government to take a heavy